Glenwood, Philadelphia

Glenwood is a neighborhood in North Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It is named for Glenwood Avenue, which defines its northern and western borders. Glenwood is a low-income, predominantly African-American neighborhood, and the crack cocaine epidemic of the 1980s turned Glenwood into the western fringe of the drug-infested "Philadelphia Badlands". Many houses became vacant due to the loss of residents, and it became an ugly and dirty neighborhood with one of the highest crime rates in the city.